Book Release: A Darkness Unto The Dawn
A controversial new novel that explores the idea of what retaliation against abusive police officers in the African American community might look like
Author R.A. St. James releases new novel with a shocking, controversial response to the abuse of innocent African Americans by police officers. It’s like #BlackLivesMatter meets The A-Team meets Death Wish.
In his new novel A Darkness Unto the Dawn, author R.A. St. James spins a tale of what might happen if a group of ex-Special Forces vigilantes decided they had enough of seeing innocent African American men, women and children gunned down in the streets by racist and/or incompetent police officers, and decided it was time to make them pay. It’s a story about what the cry for justice might look like in the hands of a group of skilled soldiers with the resolve to sacrifice everything for what they believe in.
Los Angeles, CA: R.A. St. James is an African American author living in Los Angeles who, like many in this country, has grieved and wept over the countless news reports of black men, women and children that have lost their lives at the hands of police officers in this country. Many of these victims were either completely innocent or guilty of minor misdemeanors at the time of their deaths. Also, like many in this country, the author has dealt with the incredible frustration of watching so many of these officers escape any kind of punishment whatsoever for their actions. It was this frustration that led the author to write the novel A Darkness Unto the Dawn – a fictional account of a group of ex-military vigilantes that decide to target certain police officers that are guilty of such abuses, administer their own brand of justice, and broadcast it all on the web for the entire world to see. The book was published by August Crow Publishing and is available on Amazon.com and wherever books and ebooks are sold.
When asked about the controversial nature of the book, the author responded, “Yes, I realize that this is a story that has the ability to be extremely polarizing. You only have to look at all the ‘#BlackLivesMatter vs #BlueLivesMatter’ chatter on social media to know that. But this is a story that called to me, a story that I hadn’t seen expressed anywhere else and a story that I felt needed to be written. The basic plot is as old as time – someone commits a heinous crime and escapes prosecution by the authorities, and a frustrated individual or group of individuals takes it upon themselves to dispense justice. The only difference here is that it’s a group targeting ‘bad’ police officers and letting the world see the results of that action, so as to put all police officers ‘on notice’. Many might, at first glance, think that this is a story about anarchism, but nothing could be further from the truth. It’s a story about a community starving for justice, and one form that justice might take.”
